Hair drying and protective turban



Nov. 16, 1954 J. C. CROSS HAIR DRYING AND PROTECTIVE TURBAN Filed July51, 1951 INVENIOR .fime Cl Cross ATTORNEYS United States Patent HAIRDRYING AND PROTECTIVE TURBAN June Campbell Cross, New York, N. Y.

Application July 31, 1951, Serial No. 239,435

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-174) The present invention relates to accessories foruse in hair-drying operation following hair and scalp treatments inbeauty parlors, hairdressing establishments or the like, or for use onbeaches or bathing establishments, or wherever it is desired to dry thehair after wetting thereof. Customarily it is the practice to effectsuch drying by wrapping the hair in a towel or other water absorbtivefabric article which is caused to be shaped into a turban which contactsthe hair and is worn as a head-dress until the hair has dried at leastto an extent to be manageable.

The wrapping of a towel or other rectilinearly shaped article into aturban-like headdress requires considerable practice and dexterity inorder to provide a sufficiently close fit about the wearers head toprevent accidental displacement, and also in the unwrapping thereof, andsubstantial amounts of time are consumed in such fabrications. Thepresent invention provides an improvement in such articles throughmaking available an improved shape of fabric blank that can be wrappedinto a turbanlike headdress in an easy and expeditious manner, and whichwill not become unwrapped or displaced accidently. Certain structuralimprovements over conventional towels are incorporated in the presentarticle which enhances the expeditious and secure formulation thereofinto a turbanlike covering for the head and hair and for positivelysecuring and maintaining such turban in position while being worn.

Further objects of the invention will become apparent as the descriptionproceeds, and the features of novelty will be pointed out inparticularity in the appended claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an improved accessory in opened positionshowing the shape and structural features thereof.

Figs. 2 through are perspective views showing successive steps to betaken sequentially in formulating the accessory of Fig. 1 into aturban-like head enclosing covering.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved article isrepresented by numeral 1, which is made of conventional porous towelingor other waterabsorptive fabric, the shape of which is generally mainlyirregularly rectilinear in contour instead of a true conventionalrectangle. That is to say, the body 1 has longitudinally extendingsides, or edges 2 and 3, the edge 2 being regarded as an upper edge forthe body 1 and the edge 3 being a lower edge. The said body 1 is formedwith parallel edges 4 and 5 extending upwardly from the lower edge 3,and of a length substantially one-half of the width of said body andfrom which points they outwardly and upwardly diverge at equal angles tomeet the upwardly and outwardly diverging continuations of the upperedge 2, thereby forming corresponding corner projections 6 and 7 whichform converging strips terminating in points 8 and 9 that may be incasedin metal sleeves 10 and 11 for insertion into eyelets 12 and 13 in thebody 1, adjacent to the bottom longitudinal edge 3. These eyelets arespaced equidistantly from a median axial line interconnecting the topand bottom edges 2 and 3 and perpendicular thereto. The length of thebody 1 between the side edges 4 and 5 is such that when it is placedaround the back of a persons head at the hairline and as indicated inFigs. 2 and 3, it will extend behind the head with the eyelets 12 and13, respectively,

at each side of the head. somewhere between each ear and each eye, sothat in its first position of application as shown in Fig. 3. the loweredge 3 at points intermediate 14 and 12 and 13 and 15 are grasped so asto tightly bind said edge 3 into completeiencirclement about the personshead at approximately the hair-line, then twist the free edges of thematerial defined by edge 3 and grasp therewith the overhanging portionsof the material as shown in Fig. 2- and thentwist such grasped portionsand bring the twisted formation 17 back over the head, Fig. 4, thenseparate the end strip portions 6 and 7 and extend them in oppositedirections as shown, then thread the strip portion 6 through the eyelet13 and the portion 7 through eyelet 12, and tightly tie and secure atthe back of the head as indicated at: 18, Fig. 5, thereby completing theturban, which is tightly fitting and which may be worn as long asdesired without danger of accidental displacement. When the hair. hassufiiciently dried, the turban can be. removed readily by-untying theknot 18 and reversing the aforesaid manipulations.

The gripping manipulation of the corner projections 6 and 7 and theirinsertion through the eyelets 12 and 13, and the tying together of thesecorner projections is facilitated by providing the top edge 2 oftheturban body 1 with scallop-like recesses '19. and 20 adjacent to theprojections 6 and 7, respectively, and following the insertion of thetips 10 and-11 through the eyelets 12 and 13, the projecting strips 6and 7 are drawn through the eyelets sufiici'ently far to form; a tightfit when said strips are tied together as at 18. The metal tips. 10 and11 materially facilitate the insertion of the points 8 and 9 of theprojections 6 and 7 into thevrespective eyelets 12 and 13 for securingthe completed turban in position.

By the completion of the above-described operation, a tight-fittingturban structure which cannot be displaced accidently and which can beworn comfortably until the hair has dried, or in fact otherwise merelyas a turban if desired.

From the above it will be apparent that I have provided a blank piece ofmaterial designed in a manner such as to enable by a minimum ofmanipulation the arranging of the material about a persons head into aturban secured against accidental displacement, said turban beingeffected at a negligible cost and efficient for the purposes intended.

Having thus described the invention, what I desire plrotected by LettersPatent is as set forth in the following 0 arm:

1. A hair-drying accessory comprising an elongated body portion having alength greater than its width and having generally parallel longitudinaledges of unequal length, a longer longitudinal edge being a top edge,and a shorter longitudinal edge being a bottom edge, and side edgesconnecting the longitudinal edges, the side edges being substantiallyparallel to each other from the bottom longitudinal edge to a lineintermediate the longitudinal edges and parallel to the bottom edge, theside edges being extended from this line to points above and beyond thetop longitudinal edge and diverging therefrom at equal angles, thegenerally parallel portion of the top longitudinal edge definingscallop-like recesses adjacent to the side edges and then being alsoextended divergingly upwardly and angularly outward to meet at thediverging side edges to form two opposite substantially equal andequally divergent corner projections for the body, the said projectionsterminating in points, and spaced eyelets adjacent to the bottomlongitudinal edge and equally spaced from a median line interconnectingand perpendicular to the longitudinal edges, the said eyelets beingadapted to receive the said points and to have the projections passedtherethrough after the body portion has been placed in wearing positionabout the head of a wearer, the said bottom edge having a centralportion lying at the nape of the neck of the wearer when in wearingposition, with corner ends of the said edge extending to the front ofthe forehead of the wearer, the two projections and body portionsadjacent thereto being crossed, thereby maintaining the said corner endsin wearing position, the crossed projections and adjacent body portionsbeing twisted into a form completing the formation of a turban enclosingthe head of the wearer when in wearing position, the said projectionsbeing' passed through the said eyelets which lie adjacent to the sidesof the head of the wearer when in wearing position, and the ends of theprojections being tied for securing the resulting turban in wearingposition.

I A hair-drying accessory comprising a generally rectilinearly-shapedbody adapted to be placed on the head of a wearer and havinglongitudinally extending top and bottom edges and side edges connectingthe top and bottom edges and forming therewith opposite top and bottomcorners, the side edges and top edge being extended at corresponding topcorners into strips projecting outwardly from the body and terminatingin points at their projecting extremities, the bottom edge having acentral portion adapted to lie at the nape of the neck of a wearerwhenin wearing position and the said edge to extend to the front of theforehead of the wearer, the said body being formed into a turban forenclosing the head of the wearer and having a surmounted twistedformation, the said body having spaced eyelets adjacent to the bottomlongitudinal edge, the said eyelets being at the sides of the head ofthe wearer when the accessory is in wearing position for receiving thepoints and strips subsequent to the twisting operation for securing thesaid body around and over the head of thewearer in tightly fittingengagement therewith when the body is formed into the said enclosingturban when in wearing position around the head and hair during dryingthereof, the said projecting strips being sufficiently long-and narrowto enable them to be tied together at the back of the head of the wearerwhen in wearing position for securing the resulting twisted formationand completely wrapped turban inwearing position enclosing the head andhair of the wearer.

3. A hair-drying fabric blank adapted to be formed into a head-enclosingturban, which comprises a generally rectilinearly-shaped body ofwater-absorbent fabric having longitudinally extending top and bottomedges, and side edges connecting the top and bottom edges, the top andside edges diverging outwardly and upwardly and meeting in points toform elongated and progressively narrowing strips projecting outwardlyfrom the body at approximately equally divergent angles relatively tothe top edge, the bottom edge having a central portion which is adaptedto lie at the nape of the neck of a wearer when in wearing position andthe said edge to extend to the front of theforehead of the wearer whenthe two extremities of the bottom edge and the lower portions of theside edges cross when the blank is in wearing position, the cornersformed between the bottom edge and the side edges being held manuallyduring application of the blank into wearing position on the head of thewearer, the said blank having spaced eyelets adjacent to the bottom edgeand positioned at the sides of thehead of the wearer when the blank isin wearing position, the saidj eyelets being adapted to receive thesaidpoints and strips,' the points and strips being inserted throughadjacent eyelets following crossing and twisting of the lower side edgeportions of the blank when the blank is in wearing position, the saidstrips extending through the eyelets being drawn together and tied atthe back of the neck of the wearer for securing the resulting turban inwearing position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 2,268,422 Rogers Dec. 30, 1941 2,367,074 Turchin Ian. 9, 19452,567,192 De Grazia a Sept. 11 1951

